if you look at all the people who didn't run who we talk about as strong candidates, mike huckabee, mitch daniels, haley barbour, jeb bush, chris christie. i can tell you not 100% accurate but pretty decently what the negative frame ot bama people would have run on. >> rose: on any one. >> on any one. and governor romney having run once before, having survived a republican process that he was ill suited for, i think he may be the strongest, for all the flaws he has. i don't know that any of them-- . >> rose: i would argue that he is because simply he got the nomination. >> he step mood it, and he step mood the arena. but those other guys,-- the one person it might not be true of is mitch daniels. mitch daniels was bush's budget director that say negative against him. >> rose: same with rob portman. >> but i think mitch daniels may have been the one who could have matched up very well with the president on this score. and been considered an acceptable, a more than acceptable alternative. >> rose: jeb bush, what was his limiting factor other than the fact that his brother -- >> of not wanti